Chapter 6: Nintendo and the Fruit Machine
In the idea of a new plot, the update is a little late, and there will be a change later.
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As the most famous game company in Japan at present, Nintendo's most well-known is probably Mario and Tetris, these two games have almost swept the world and become the epitome of mythology for a while.
Able to sit firmly in half of the game console market, the RPG games developed by Nintendo have almost accompanied the growth and changes of two generations.
Now, with the popularization of computer networks, the game console market is shrinking, and Nintendo has had to transform with the development of the times, preparing to develop products that are more suitable for the current market.
In the early years, FC (red and white machine) is no longer suitable for the current development, and no one can expect to make a professional live-action CG with Mario's storyline, and Nintendo's transformation strategy this time has set its sights on the famous Final Fantasy.
There are two Final Fantasy CG movies that have burned countless money, one is Final Fantasy 7, and one is deep in the soul, and the production cost of each one exceeds hundreds of millions of dollars, and the box office fiasco in the depths of the soul is a fiasco.
In terms of 3D movies, the United States is well-deserved first, and it is in a state of monopoly in technology, such as Industrial Light and Magic and Pixar Animation, and Japan has also tried to break into this market, but the result is nothing, not to mention domestic ones.
And this time, Nintendo has set its sights on Final Fantasy and is preparing to make a new CG movie, the specific content is still in the secret stage, it is rumored to be the plot of the movie with the background of the game, and Nintendo has been preparing for a long time, and the purple software was born and entered Nintendo's field of vision.
So when Zixia hung up Sony's phone, the next visitor was Nintendo.
"Hello, Miss Li Ziyu, I'm Kazuhiko Aoki, the manager of Nintendo's production zuò department. I just watched your company's press conference, and it just so happened that we at Nintendo were planning related CG production, so I wonder if we can talk about it. ”
"Yes, of course."
Zixia smiled like a little fox on her face, the company had only been established for a short time, and there were people who were ready to place orders, which was a world of difference compared to those companies that couldn't eat many orders in a year.
"We've just negotiated cooperation with Blizzard and EA now, and Nintendo is the third, if it can be negotiated. We will take care of the first three partners, so let's talk about the ......."
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The development of Unisplendour Software is very amazing, and Zhang Yang, who is really in command behind the scenes, is also very satisfied, and continues according to the current trend. It is not impossible for Unigroup to become a world-class company.
He was in the system space at the moment, looking at the steel armor that had been transformed. After the renovation is completed. The exterior of the armor looks a little bloated, but the defense is at least 10 times stronger than the previous gold-titanium alloy, and due to the hardness of the Edman alloy, the shell of the armor has a cold texture.
The amount of Edman alloy collected by Zhang Yang is very sufficient, and the entire armor has been strengthened.
In addition to defense. The overall structure of the warframe has also undergone certain changes, improving the flight stability and wear resistance, and the close-quarters combat function has been greatly enhanced, and it used to be used to fight with other warframes. The exterior of the Warframe may be destroyed, but with the indestructible Edelman fused, it will be difficult to cause massive damage unless the opponent is also an Edelman, or a stronger alloy.
The only side effect was that the weight of the armor had nearly doubled, which was a minor flaw.
It didn't take long for Zixia's figure to appear in the system space and talk to Zhang Yang about Nintendo.
"Nintendo is going to make a CG movie?"
"That's right, what they wanted to contact was a professional company in the United States, and the other party quoted $80 million, but Nintendo hesitated, and then saw our press conference, so they wanted to come and talk to us."
$80 million! This is an extremely large number, and in this year's Japanese business rankings, the overall market value of Nintendo is estimated to be about $15 billion, and $80 million is also available, but it will definitely have a certain impact on the capital chain.
The tragedy of Final Fantasy's Waterloo is still vivid, and Nintendo is also making a big gamble.
"Zixia, if we really accept the next step, how much do you think the price might be?"
"Our price will definitely be lower than the one on the market, and our price will be more affordable under the same quality, so as to attract customers, but it cannot be lower than the bottom line of the industry, 80 million US dollars, if we do it, the quotation cannot be less than 60 million US dollars."
Seeing Zixia, whose face did not change with tens of millions of dollars in her mouth closed, Zhang Yang couldn't help but touch his nose, his own company, the development is inevitably too fast, Zhang Yang thought about it.
"$60 million is still a bit low, anyway, Japanese companies, there is no need to save money for them, we just need to be lower than the industry average price."
"What you said is the same, anyway, there is a price war with us, unless any company has a convulsion, otherwise it will definitely lose, Blizzard's order has allowed us to recover all the costs, and then there will be orders in the back that are basically pure profits, and finally I Zixia will rely on my own hands to live a luxurious life of eating a bowl and pouring a bowl."
Zixia blinked, fiddling with her newfound language.
Looking at Zixia, who was almost indistinguishable from modern people, Zhang Yang smiled, and then said: "We definitely can't sell it on Sony's side, don't think about opening your mouth without $1 billion, $800W is not enough for me to buy bottled water." ”
Zhang Yang didn't care about Sony's acquisition, anyway, the software was his, and he had the absolute right to speak.
"We can't sell it, but we refuse Sony so rashly, it's hard to be sure that the other party won't suppress us, how can we be a world-class giant, once we exert our strength, we will still have some trouble."
"The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, what about Sony?"
Zhang Yang and Zixia looked at each other and smiled, with the movie system, the two really didn't take Sony's threat to heart.
"In that reply two days later, I will directly reject Sony, and I will pay attention to it later, and guard against Sony."
"Well, now let's start the project of making zuò Blizzard first, don't worry about EA over there, we have negotiated and started to make zuò."
Blizzard, EA, and Nintendo, like three heart boosters, gave Zhang Yang plenty of confidence.
"Sony, I hope you can see the situation clearly......"
Two days later, Zixia called Hideo Fukuda and expressed her intention to refuse the acquisition.
"Miss Li Ziyu, have you already thought about it, we can talk about it carefully." Hideo Fukuda on the other end of the phone couldn't hear anything else in his voice.
"We've thought about it carefully, and we're sorry, we don't have any idea of selling the company and the software for the time being."
"That's a shame, I thought we could be colleagues, in that case, then I won't bother much, but I believe that one day, we will meet again, but it should be you who came to me."
"What do you mean, Mr. Fukuda?"
Zixia's eyes narrowed, flashing with a dangerous light.
"It's not interesting, just a kind reminder to President Li Ziyu, our Sony door has always been open for you, and your company is always welcome to join."
Hideo Fukuda, who was far away in Tokyo, had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and his fingers rhythmically tapped on a piece of text, the content of which made people a little stunned.
"Thank you then, goodbye."
Hideo Fukuda's voice obviously carried a hint of threat, and it was very likely that he would take some measures against Unigroup.
Hanging up the phone, Zixia leaned back in the swivel chair, felt the soft elasticity coming from the chair, squinted her eyes and looked out the window, not knowing what she was thinking.
The time of the day passed in a flash, and at night, Zhang Yang came to the system space with a familiar car, and seven days have passed, entering the next movie world.
After entering this time, Xiao Ya said directly to Zhang Yang: "Zhang Yang, you haven't received the reward for the main quest of the last movie world yet, you can draw a random award for free, is it drawn?" ”
"Extract."
In front of Zhang Yang, the shape of a fruit machine appeared, with many fruit shapes on it, oranges, apples, pineapples, bananas, etc., this thing is very common in the game hall, and Zhang Yang is no stranger.
The fruit machine is actually a slot machine, this kind of cheap gambling equipment was once all the rage, and was later banned, the gameplay is also very simple, only need to put coins in the coin slot, and then pull down the joystick, different groups will appear in the three glass frames, if three identical patterns appear, such as three apples, the machine qì will spit out the money.
In this kind of machine, there are also some universal awards, such as cherries, which can match any pattern and have higher rewards.
There are also some machines that have a lottery pool set up in it, and they will spit out money only after reaching a certain level, such as swallowing a thousand coins, and then they will start to spit out money, so the closer to this number, the higher the probability of spitting out money, some can have rules to follow, and some are clueless.
In fact, when people are scarce, the boss will raise the odds, and when there are more people, the odds will be reduced, so don't really expect to make a fortune with this kind of thing, gambling is a kind of thing, and the dealer always wins.
"I'm going to smoke this?"
Zhang Yang looked at the fruit machine in front of him and asked, this fruit machine looked very shabby, and there were some cheap stickers commonly found in bubble gum on the outside.
"Yes, you should be very clear about the way to use, you can get a reward by shaking out three identical patterns, or shaking out cherries, and you can't rule out the possibility that the pot will automatically spit out money, and there will be no rewards for shaking to others."
Xiao Ya didn't know when she changed into a pink cheongsam, holding a pink peach blossom fan in her hand, blinking and looking at Zhang Yang. (To be continued......)